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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a novel idea:

Offer general education, honors, and AAP in ES - similar to MS and HS (GE, honors, AP).

In ES, parents could decide if they wanted their DC in GE or honors. And keep AAP for those who qualify.

My oh my what a GREAT idea!!!

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I think this is a great idea but it doesn't fix the issue in identifying qualifying gifted minority students. I don't buy into the notion that half of humanity is inherently less intelligent.[/quote]

LOL... sorry to burst your bubble, but yes, half the kids are below average and thus less intelligent than the other half.  It's a statistics thing....[/quote]

Not the PP, but sorry to burst [b]your[/b] bubble.  At either end of the spectrum, there are distinct, small groups of kids - but in the middle there is a huge overlap of intelligence and abilities.  A child with a 129 CogAT is no different from the child with a 132, yet one may be in Gen Ed and the other in AAP.  Why?  Completely subjective decision making.  There is no way you could claim the kids in the upper 120s are any different from the kids in the lower 130s.  They're certainly no less intelligent.  Yet FCPS uses AAP to divide these kids into two groups, complete with labels.  Utterly moronic.[/quote]

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